MAN CHARGED IN HIT, RUN

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A 31-year-old man was charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident Saturday after his pickup truck veered into the emergency lane of Interstate 95 and struck a man who was standing beside his parked vehicle, police said.

Willie C. Graham, of the 3200 block of Northwest First Court, was arrested at his home about 4:45 p.m., more than an hour after the hit-and-run accident on Interstate 95 near the Northwest 19th Street overpass, said Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Phil Rotundi.

Rotundi said Graham was driving a 1975 Ford pickup in the southbound right lane of the highway when his vehicle veered into the emergency lane and struck Leonard Vidal, 41, of Hialeah, who was standing to the left of his parked pickup truck.

Rotundi said Vidal pulled into the emergency lane because he wanted to move some tools from the bed of the truck before it started to rain.

Vidal was taken to Broward General Medical Center, where he was listed in fair but stable condition Saturday night. He suffered a broken right leg.

Graham also was charged with failure to drive in a single lane and driving without a license. He was in the Broward County Jail on Saturday night.